The Garden by Channan Din
Parsnip Hollow Crown Seeds
Parsnip Hollow Crown Seeds
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Genuine Livingston® seeds — imported from the USA. Bred and selected in the United States and packed for The Garden by Chanan Din, Lahore. Non-GMO. Every lot is germination-tested here before it goes on sale.
Grow your own parsnips — a vegetable almost impossible to buy in Pakistan and straightforward to grow here. Long cream-white roots with a sweet, nutty, faintly spicy flavour that deepens after the first cold nights. Roasted, they are the best thing on a winter table. Hollow Crown is the old English standard.
Growing guide & FAQs
Growing guide for Pakistan
- When to sow: September to November across the plains. This is a cool-season root and it sweetens as the nights turn cold. Hill areas sow March to June.
- Sowing: Always sow direct — a root transplanted is a root forked. Scatter thinly in shallow drills 1 cm deep, rows 25–30 cm apart, and firm the soil gently over them.
- Soil: Deep, loose, stone-free ground dug a spade deep. Fresh manure forks and hairs the roots, so use only well-rotted compost, or follow a crop that was manured last season.
- Thinning: The step most gardeners skip and then regret. Thin to 4–5 cm apart once the seedlings are a few centimetres high. Crowded roots stay thin and woody.
- Water: Even moisture throughout. A dry spell followed by a heavy watering is what splits the roots.
- Harvest: Lift young for tenderness or leave longer for size. Loosen with a fork rather than pulling by the leaves.
Frequently asked questions
Will this grow in a pot?
Only in a deep one. The root runs down 25–30 cm, so use a drum or a deep grow bag of at least 30 cm, filled with loose, stone-free compost.
How many seeds are in the packet?
Enough for a home garden bed or a run of pots. Sow a few more than you need and keep the strongest seedlings.
Is the seed non-GMO?
Yes. Every variety in this range is non-GMO.
Do you deliver outside Lahore?
Yes — nationwide, cash on delivery available.
Germination-tested in Lahore before it reaches you, from a seed house trading since 1932. Browse the full imported seed collection or our winter vegetable seeds.
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